# NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-057

**Citation:** P-76-057  
**Type / status:** guidance / guidance  
**Agency:** National Transportation Safety Board  
**Effective:** 1976-09-15  
**Published:** 1976-09-15

COORDINATE EMERGENCY ACTIVITIES WITH THE GAS COMPANY AND DETERMINE WHAT RESPONSES SHOULD BE MADE TO VARIOUS TYPES OF GAS EMERGENCIES.

## Document text

NTSB safety recommendation P-76-057.

COORDINATE EMERGENCY ACTIVITIES WITH THE GAS COMPANY AND DETERMINE WHAT RESPONSES SHOULD BE MADE TO VARIOUS TYPES OF GAS EMERGENCIES.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1976-09-15

Adopted Date: 1976-07-07

Overall Date Closed: 1983-01-04

Synopsis: ON JANUARY 10, 1976, GAS WHICH WAS LEAKING INTO THE PATHFINDER HOTEL, IN FREMONT, NEBRASKA, IGNITED. THE GAS WAS LEAKING FROM A 2-INCH PLASTIC PIPE WHICH HAD PULLED OUT OF ITS COMPRESSION COUPLING; THE GAS SEEPED INTO THE HOTEL BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN CAPPED ABOVE BY FROZEN EARTH AND A CONCRETE ROAD SURFACE. THE HOTEL EXPLODED AND FIRE ENSUED; THE EXPLOSION AND FIRE DESTROYED THE HOTEL, DAMAGED NEARBY BUILDINGS, AND BROKE WINDOWS WITHIN A ONE-BLOCK RADIUS. THIRTY-NINE PERSONS WERE INJURED AND 20 PERSONS WERE KILLED.

Ntsbnumber: DCA76MP013

Report Number: PAR-76-06

Addressee Name: State of Nebraska, City of Fremont

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1983-01-04

Addressee Organization Type: L-Local Government

Communication Date: 1982-10-28

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: CITY OF FREMONT, CITY ADMINISTRATOR, LETTER: THE LOCAL GAS COMPANY IS CALLED FOR ALL FIRE CALLS.

Addressee Organization Type: L-Local Government

Communication Date: 1983-01-04

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Organization Type: L-Local Government

Communication Date: 1982-10-08

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-76-057>
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- Document slug: `ntsb-recommendation-p-76-057`

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